Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences We are leaders in cardiovascular research, including atrial fibrillation and heart failure, thrombosis and haemostasis, and vascular biology.
News Researchers make miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments The organoids provide a micro-environment that can accept and support the survival of cells from patients with blood malignancies
News Professor of Metabolism and Inflammation awarded £828K British Heart Foundation Research Fellowship
03 August 2017 New hope to prevent dangerous blood clots found in the legs Common anti-allergy medicines could prove to be an effective treatment for potentially fatal blood clots in the legs, according to new research by the University of Birmingham.
07 July 2017 Defibrillators: strengthening the chain of survival Paulus Kirchhof, Deputy Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, writes for The Birmingham Brief on the increasing number of British villages turning phone boxes into defibrillation points.